Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2009

This recipe was one of the easiest and tastiest macaroni salad I've ever made. The next day everyone was looking for the leftovers ... and it does taste even better the next day. So the next time I make it, I'll make it a day earlier. haha

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Debbie X.

Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2009

I did not like the vegetable soup mix in this. Even after refrigerating for hours it was still crunchy (in a bad way). I will not make this again.

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Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2008

I thought this was the best macaroni salad I ever made. My husband liked it, and he usually detests macaroni salad. I took this to a family Christmas party, and my sister-in-law, who's a great cook, asked for the recipe. I followed the recipe as listed here with a couple of minor adjustments: Per other reviewers' comments, I added 1/2 c. sour cream and a dash of white wine vinegar with the mayo; I think the vinegar really adds some much-needed acidity. The veggie soup mix really gives this a lot of flavor, and I like that it contains a lot of vegetables, not just pasta. I'll make this one again, for sure.

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DANIELA92

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2008

This recipe was not to our liking. I am a very good cook and made this exactly how the recipe said. It was to much of everything. Nobody liked it. I will stick with the old fashioned way.

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Quinnellope1

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Bishop, California, USA

Living In: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

This was super easy and the vegetable soup mix gave it a great flavor. I got lots of compliments about it at my neighborhood BBQ. The only alteration I made was that the soup mix I bought had whole dried vegetables mixed in with the powder so I had to sift them out.

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Tera

Home Town: Bremerton, Washington, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2008

Very nice pasta salad. I had never tried dried vegetable soup mix in a dish but it was great. You do want the salad to sit in the fridge a few hours before serving so you aren't biting into dried vegetables from the soup mix - and to let it mellow. I'm not a huge pepper fan but the flavors work so well in this dish. Since it is a little bland (which many people love), my only change was to add a significant amount of dried dill - it really brings out all the flavors.

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Jan C

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Topeka, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2008

Pretty good! Followed the recipe closely, except for not adding any celery(not a fan), and the store ran out of green pepper so I had two red and one yellow. Also I sifted the veggie soup mix, and then blended the dried vegetables in my magic bullet until they were very fine and added them in with the mayo. When I tasted it, it was extremely salty...so next time I will not puree the vegetables, and just leave them out. I compensated for the saltyness with sugar, and quite a bit of it...probably 1/8 cup if I had to guess. Anyway this completely fixed my problem and after a few hours in the fridge it tasted DELICIOUS! So thanks for the recipe! Will make again for sure, the DH loved it!

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MummyJacks

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Living In: Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2008

Super delicious! I used ranch dressing mix since I didn't have any soup mix on hand. Like other users added sour cream, I added nonfat yogurt for extra tang. Thanks for sharing!

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Jewissa

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Livermore, California, USA

Living In: Davis, California, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2008

Great! Omitted green onion and added 1 T vinegar and a dash of sugar. YUMMY!

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MmeNoelle

Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2008

This was delicious! Instead of using macaroni, we used tri-colour rotini (because tha's what we had on hand), added black olives (because we LOVE them!) and 1 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of white wine vinegar...as we had double the amount for our BBQ we had lots left the next and it still tasted yummy then too! Thanks for the recipes, Samantha!

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